Kintropy In Action

We had a funny experience at our house the other night. Robert was being a sweetheart and cooking diner. He suggested we listen to the last NPR recording of "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me." It is a comedic game show based on current events. Robert and I both at some point laugh at it when we are listening to it. So we set his MP3 player to play through our under-the-cabinet CD player using a FM modulator.

Meanwhile, Gabriel was in the family room playing a Wii game on our TV, and Hannah was watching our portable DVD player on the floor (They Might Be Giants new DVD). Our kitchen and family room are one big room, so it was a little noisy. I took a dining room chair close to the kitchen counter radio to hear the NPR show while I played my Nintendo DS.

When it was time for dinner, we all paused and went to the table except for Hannah; she had fallen asleep. We had dinner; then cleaned up. Gabriel returned to his game, and I returned to my place by the radio. Robert moved a chair over across from me and started playing his Nintendo DS. At some point, Gabriel saw what we doing. He pulled a chair over by Robert and I, and he brought out his Nintendo DS and started playing it.

Ah, there is nothing like the nostalgia feeling of a family gathered around a radio: with little modern tweaks, of course. Gabriel keeps asking when are we going to do it again!

--Mom